Lead Pharmacist (Grade 4) - Advanced Therapies & Clinical Trials
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children's Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation.
RCH has cared for children and young people of Victoria for over 150 years, providing a full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services, as well as tertiary and quaternary care for critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds, and annually sees more than 300,000 specialist clinic appointments, 90,000 emergency department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.
About the Role
This fixed‐term full‐time position (80 % per fortnight for 3 years) is within the Pharmacy Department and the Advanced Therapies Program.
You will be responsible for providing clinical leadership and strategic planning/management of pharmacy services for the Advanced Therapies Program. This includes oversight of current and emerging legislative and regulatory approvals for advanced therapies (such as gene therapies and gene‐modified cell therapies) and development of operational procedures for the supply, handling, storage, dose preparation, and administration of emerging advanced therapies in both standard clinical care and research clinical trials within RCH.
Your role will include working closely with the clinical trials pharmacy team to increase the research profile and outputs of the wider Pharmacy Service, identify potential research topics, secure funding opportunities and build collaborative research partnerships.
Classification for this position will range from TA20 – TA22.
What you'll achieve
* Act as a subject‐matter expert on advanced therapies and consult with program stakeholders to implement best‐practice solutions to clinical workflows, feasibility assessment, regulatory requirements, risk/adverse event monitoring and compliance reporting.
* Operationalise research within advanced therapies, including developing research protocols (where relevant) and identifying opportunities for future research and internal/external collaboration.
* Translate research evidence on advanced therapies into clinical practice standard operating procedures.
* Maintain up‐to‐date knowledge of clinical developments and research findings specific to advanced therapies.
* Ensure accurate and timely reporting of key performance indicators related to the administration of advanced therapies, including regulatory and legislative reporting requirements.
Your skills and experience
* Professional registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency – Pharmacy Board of Australia.
* Proven capacity for leadership in a team environment and ability to work as a senior team member.
* Significant experience in the implementation of advanced therapies.
* Significant experience in the ethical conduct of research clinical trials.
About the Department
The Pharmacy Department comprises around 70 staff including pharmacists, technicians and administrators, with teams in Outpatients, Children's Cancer Centre, Clinical Pharmacy, Clinical trials, Medicines Information, HiTH and Sterile Services, and the Pharmacy Business Unit. The newly established RCH Advanced Therapies program, within the Medical Services Division, is structured as a clinical/research partnership with the Melbourne Clinical Trials Centre to streamline governance approvals and integrate clinical and non‐clinical research and clinical trials.
What we offer
* Competitive salary packaging and benefits, including discounted staff parking, a salary packaging option and an award‐winning health and wellbeing program.
* Culture of continuous improvement.
Other requirements
* Current National Criminal Record Check, or willingness to obtain one.
* Valid Working with Children Check.
* Compliance with RCH's "Staff Immunisation – Prevention of Vaccine‐Preventable Diseases" procedure.
EEO Statement
The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.
Contact
For more information about this position, please contact Brian Lilley, Director of Pharmacy: ph:03 9345 5493, Email: brian.lilley@rch.org.au
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